>> live and in ht, this is abc 7 news washington weekly. >> mitt romney is in florida. that is where the debate will be held. the moderator is a cbs anchor and the focus will be foreign policy. you can catch every minute of the debate right here on abc 7 starting tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. the libya issue will be one of the key topics in the debate. tell us if you have learned anything new from the president and mitt romney about that. >> i do not think we will learn anything new in terms of

intelligence. we will see them face off again. last time they went at it, mitt romney came up the loser. >> the one thing about this whole situation is, at least with libya, its sole -- still seems the president does not have a full answer when it comes to the timeline and exactly what took place there. do we expect any kind of clarification to bar? some people are saying he should address the nation. do we expect any more clarification on the timeline? >> there is a problem in the community with the information they are getting. it took 14 days between the attacks and when the president the white house, and the intelligence community revealed it was a terrorist attack. >> they were getting reports real time, according to the washington post, over the last couple of days.

that this attack was happening that there was no demonstration in front of the been gauzyembassy. an hour later you had 40 people coming in and voila. >> it is clear the obama administration as a whole had the information to be able to make an accurate pronouncement of what actually happened. was a terrorist attack. they have that information. they sent out their key surrogate, susan west, the ambassador of the un, and told her this was prompted by the anti-islam video appeared to have the information and did not put it to good use and misled a lot people along the way. >> president -- mitt romney is

neutered because of the second presidential debate. he cannot talk about osama bin laden. it is a 90-minute tape about farm policy. what will he talk about? >> expectations are low for mitt romney. he does not have much foreign- policy experience and neither does all right. he will probably hit the present's defense cuts. mitt romney wants to raise defense spending. he will also probably hit the president on israel, the poor relationship between barack obama personally. >> we will see how it all plays out come tomorrow. it will be an interesting debate. thank you. >> there is also a big virginia race that will have an impact on the entire country, that is the senate seat, polling shows democrat tim kane is 5% ahead of

republican george allen. there are still plenty of undecided voters to even up the race. we sat down with post -- both candidates. >> etc., a governor, and a potential presidential canada. that was lost money lost his seat in 2006. described as one of virginia's most accomplished virginia governors, many now associate george allen to this moment. >> this fellow over here with the yellow shirt, whatever his name is. >> he meant no harm by the word but he and and he apologizes immediately. he wants to move on. >> i am sorry for what i did to him. it also distracted the campaign away from the issues people care about. we are focused on the issues

families and small business owners care about. >> also a popular former governor tim kane says he wants to focus the federal government on growing the economy like improvements to the investor. >> when i was governor, we are slipping in the rankings now. the reason they cite for our slippage is they do not think virginia is the best new name for structure. we need to have a strong economy. >> both candidates talk about jobs. kaine's plan to avoid cuts. the >> moving the threshold from $250,000 to $500,000 makes a lot of sense. the cut we will make under my scenario, they are people too. >> alan endorses the plan by house publicans -- republicans, but that includes medicare cuts. he says he would take out.

we see regulations encouraging oil and gas regulations. it doesn't say which loopholes will be closed. >> raising taxes would cause more job losses. >> alan's -- allen's approval as popular. still, you have been behind. >> anybody who loses electricity, drives a car, makes health care decisions, anyone who works for a living, anybody who pays taxes or cares about the future of their children, grandchildren, will be on our side. he insists -- >> he insists it is his record. >> there is not a solution to our fiscal problems that does not involve a sacrifice.

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>> a look ahead at the week. a hearing has been scheduled for friday. lloyd told the guard he did not like the group's policies before he fired a shooting. a few minutes ago, we talked

about mark's presidential debate -- tomorrow's presidential debate. you can weigh in on the candidates and see how others in the area are. apple is expected to unveil a smaller version of the ipad this week. the company has not confirmed any details yet. they are holding an event on tuesday and they are promising a special announcement. the ipad mini, or whatever it will be called, could be hitting stores by november 2. up and down for the last few days. how are things looking for the week ahead? >> training of the government prominent in the media recently. the proclamation of making the

national side of security awareness month, 11 tips of building a better prepared workforce. the recommendations included creating a dedicated cyber security career path. for veterans. the cyber security workforce framework is having a significant impact on the finding and training a better cyber security work force for government. raytheon is one of the largest contractors for the government. new research puts statistics to the public sector's works brigid work force usage of smartphones and tablets for business use. concerns that have about security.

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national airport. temperatures high and low are right on target for this time of year. look at how hot it gets. 1947. head over to the district. 53 degrees. 45 and woodbridge. the final stop will take as over to camp springs, maryland. 47 degrees. temperatures across the board 40's and 50's. we will fill it more of a drop moving to the early hours. temperatures in the 30's. 39 degrees in petersburg, west virginia. should not cause any significant travel delays tomorrow morning. a good indication of what is on the way for the next few days, high pressure moving off the coast, which will allow a change in wind direction. temperatures in the upper 70's on tuesday and wednesday, and

warm conditions. stick around thursday and friday for some big changes. you will hear a lot about the system. developing here could become troubled coal -- tropical storm sandy. could hit the state's on the weekend into early next week. sutherland maryland, still in the green. give it a week. daytime highs into the 60's. it is looking better. temperatures will as governor, i

cut five billion dollars in spending and balanced the budget every year. and tim kaine and i both cut ouour own pay as governors to lead by example. mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. we were a great team in richmond and we'll be a great team in washington. i'm tim kaine and i approve this message ...because we'll work together to restore fiscal responsibility grow our economy and create jobs. [ male announcer ] tim kaine. bringing people together to tackle the challenges of tomorrow.

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